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Arkansas School Police Officer Clears Hallway with PEPPER SPRAY; Injures 20 Students

George Zimmerman’s Problematic Website

UPDATE: George Zimmerman ARRESTED; To Be Charged w/ 2nd Degree Murder

Alabama Man Sent To JAIL for Wearing Sagging Pants

English Teacher FIRED For Encouraging Trayvon Martin Fundraiser?!

Style Wars: Not Graffiti But Hipster Takeover

George Zimmerman Launches Website; Says Trayvon Murder Was ‘Life-Altering Event’

THE WEEKLY ROUND-UP: Black Youth in the News, April 1-8

Is the Future of Activism Online?

Rampage in Tulsa: Two White Men Launch Killing Spree Against Blacks; 3 Dead, 2 Injured

CNN Report: Black Kids Are Racially Biased Against White Kids

Burger Queen of Hip-Hop Soul

The Cleveland Show and the Problem of Black Identity

LGBTQ Community Joins in Solidarity with Trayvon Martin

Hooked on Ebonics: the controversy that swirls around this “language”

Seeking Therapy

Parents of Kendrec McDade File Wrongful Death Suit; Allege Pattern of Police Misconduct

Off-duty Policeman Shot 28 Times by 4 Chicago Cops To Be Sentenced Tomorrow; Facing 80 Years

Generation Y and a New Birth of Blue

22 year-old Michael Lembhard Killed by Police; Gov. Cuomo Denies Request for Special Prosecutor

TRAYVON UPDATE: Enhanced Video Shows Zimmerman’s Injures; Experts Say 911 Screams Aren’t Zimmerman

Why I Refuse to Feel Sorry for George Zimmerman

Black Youth in the News: March 26 – April 1

Detroit High School Students Stage Walk Out: 50 Suspended For Demanding A Quality Education

The Second to Last Day of Women’s Her-Story Month: Honoring Leymah Gbowee

The Arc of History: Why We Should Remain Hopeful in the midst of Trayvon’s Death

Racists Hack Trayvon Martin’s Email and Social Media Accounts; Find Nothing Relevant…

Remember, Remember More Than Just the 5th of December….Boyd, Martin, Bell, Diallo, Hampton, and Thousands of Forgotten Black Youth Killed by the Police

The Black Matriarchal System: A Common Culprit in the Black Community

Shooting Death of Wisc. Youth Draws Comparisons to Trayvon Martin

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